Auf einen Stern augehen. Begegnungen mit Martin Heidegger. 1929-1976
translation: Lorenzo Langbehn

An emblematic figure of twentieth-century philosophy, Martin Heidegger's life has nevertheless remained in the ambiguous light of the conflicting passions with which attempts have been made to illuminate it. Hence the importance and interest of this work by Heinirich W. Petzet, which recounts the long series of meetings between the two friends from 1929 until the philosopher's death in 1976.
A privileged witness to almost half a century of Heidegger's life, Petzet reveals not only new aspects of Heidegger's thought and his attitudes towards the historical and intellectual events of his time, but also gives an account of the encounters with those contemporaries who most influenced the work of the author of Being and Time. At the same time memory, biography and cultural history, Encounters and Dialogues with Martin Heidegger brings us back to the philosopher in his dealings with his friends, in conversation, in his relationship with modern art or with the landscape of his land, opening new paths for the understanding of man and his work.